If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.

If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.

Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.

Hidden evils are most dreaded.

Hidden evils are most dreaded.