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Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.