Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.

Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.

A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.

If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.

If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.