Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.

Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.

All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.