With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.

Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]