Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.

Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Jest not in earnest.

Jest not in earnest.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.

Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.

Music helps not the toothache.

Music helps not the toothache.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.