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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.