He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.