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.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

Two heads are better than one.

Two heads are better than one.

I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

Nothing secure unlesse suspected.

Nothing secure unlesse suspected.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.

Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.

A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.

A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.