We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy read more

In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

The body is more drest then the soule.

The body is more drest then the soule.