O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

No man can serve two masters.

No man can serve two masters.

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.

There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.

There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.