The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.

The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.