Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.

Dearths foreseene come not.

Dearths foreseene come not.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.