All powerful is the rule of fashion.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.

Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.