Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.

Let the dead bury their dead.

Let the dead bury their dead.