What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

The shadow of a mighty name.

The shadow of a mighty name.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Parsons are soules waggoners.

Parsons are soules waggoners.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

He that studies his content, wants it.

He that studies his content, wants it.

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?