The covetous are always in want.

The covetous are always in want.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Poverty is the mother of health.

Poverty is the mother of health.

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.