Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.

The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

Three can hold their peace, if two be away.

Three can hold their peace, if two be away.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.

Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.