Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

Do not expect good from another's death.

Do not expect good from another's death.