Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

Marriages are made in Heaven.

Marriages are made in Heaven.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Idleness induces caprice.

Idleness induces caprice.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!

O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!