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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
