Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Let the worst come to the worst.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.

The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.

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.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.