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An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.