I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]

He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.

Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.

Armour is light at table.

Armour is light at table.

One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.