Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

When in doubt, do nowt.

When in doubt, do nowt.

Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

Prettiness dies first.

Prettiness dies first.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

He that chastens one, chastens 20.

He that chastens one, chastens 20.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

The price never stood in the way of her inclination.

The price never stood in the way of her inclination.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.