When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!

Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.

Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

A small heart hath small desires.

A small heart hath small desires.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.