Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

He that hath lands hath quarrells.

He that hath lands hath quarrells.

What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?

What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.