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To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.