Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.