A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.

When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.

He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.

The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.

The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.