It's good tying the sack before it be full.

It's good tying the sack before it be full.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

Springes to catch woodcocks.

Springes to catch woodcocks.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.