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The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
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.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
