Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

After the house is finisht, leave it.

After the house is finisht, leave it.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.