There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

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.

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.

I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.

He comes not in my books.

He comes not in my books.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.