A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.

Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.