Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Words pay no debts.

Words pay no debts.

He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.

He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

He that tells a secret is anothers servant.

He that tells a secret is anothers servant.

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Heresie is the school of pride.

Heresie is the school of pride.