Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of
ts owner.

Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of
ts owner.

For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.

For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

Performed to a T.

Performed to a T.