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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
