The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.

The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

He will burne his house, to warme his hands.

He will burne his house, to warme his hands.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.

Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to
be living apart.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to
be living apart.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.