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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
