Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

The best mirrour is an old friend.

The best mirrour is an old friend.

Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.

Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.