Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.

He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!