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Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.