These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.