Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?

Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.