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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
