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It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.