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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.