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An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before read more
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
