What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!

O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!

While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more

While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

The noise is greater then the nuts.

The noise is greater then the nuts.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.