Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

I saw young Harry with his visor up.

I saw young Harry with his visor up.

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

Pleasure bought with pain does harm.

Pleasure bought with pain does harm.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.