You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.

Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.