Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.

Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

They are safe in their number and their close array.

They are safe in their number and their close array.

Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.

Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Two heads are better than one.

Two heads are better than one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.