You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.

There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.

Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make hay while the sun shines.