A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more

'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.

Never had ill workeman good tooles.

Never had ill workeman good tooles.

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.

Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.

Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.