The big thieves hang the little ones.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.

A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.

A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.