He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.

The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.

No love is foule, nor prison fair.

No love is foule, nor prison fair.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.