Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

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.

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

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.

Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.

Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.