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The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.