Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

We are fooles one to another.

We are fooles one to another.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.