Citties are taken by the eares.

Citties are taken by the eares.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.