Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

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.

The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.

The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

Successful villany is called virtue.

Successful villany is called virtue.

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.

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.