Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.

Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Every animal loves itself.

Every animal loves itself.

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

Who's to look after the keepers?

Who's to look after the keepers?

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.