So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
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He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
