Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.

He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.