Wode has erys, felde has sigt.

Wode has erys, felde has sigt.

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

An old cat sports not with her prey.

An old cat sports not with her prey.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.