Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.

Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.