To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more

To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.