A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

The wife is the key of the house.

The wife is the key of the house.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.