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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.
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
