Hit the nail on the head.

Hit the nail on the head.

Aske much to have a little.

Aske much to have a little.

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.

All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.