Don't shit on your own doorstep.

Don't shit on your own doorstep.

In spending lies the advantage.

In spending lies the advantage.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

On painting and fighting looke aloofe.

On painting and fighting looke aloofe.

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.