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Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.