Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.

Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.