Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]

There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]

With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.

Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.

When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.

In trying to be concise I become obscure.

In trying to be concise I become obscure.

All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.

All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.