Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

It's an ill councell that hath no escape.

It's an ill councell that hath no escape.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.