Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Speak, or be kicked.

Speak, or be kicked.

Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

Light is that grief which counsel can allay.

Light is that grief which counsel can allay.

And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.

And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]