I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

What has not wasting time impaired?

What has not wasting time impaired?

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.