. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.

All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.