This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.

A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.

He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.

The question is yet before the court.

The question is yet before the court.

Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.

Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.