Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.

A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Music helps not the toothache.

Music helps not the toothache.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.