All griefes with bread are lesse.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

He that measures not himselfe, is measured.

He that measures not himselfe, is measured.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.

Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.

An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.