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If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
 I make a declaration every spring,
 Of reformation ere the year run out,
  But somehow this my read more 
 I make a declaration every spring,
 Of reformation ere the year run out,
  But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing. 
 The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of 
a farthing sixe pence.  
 The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of 
a farthing sixe pence. 
 Who friendship with a knave hath made,
 Is judg'd a partner in the trade.  
 Who friendship with a knave hath made,
 Is judg'd a partner in the trade.