Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Who dainties love shall beggars prove.

Who dainties love shall beggars prove.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate read more

But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.