As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

An old friend is a new house.

An old friend is a new house.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.