The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

They come to see and be seen.

They come to see and be seen.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.