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Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of read more
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
