Beauty drawes more then oxen.

Beauty drawes more then oxen.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

He that is warme, thinkes all so.

He that is warme, thinkes all so.

A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.

A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

The great put the little on the hooke.

The great put the little on the hooke.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
read more

The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.