Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

The human mind ever longs for occupation.

The human mind ever longs for occupation.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.

To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.