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If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.