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One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.