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For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!