It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.

For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.