And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

A good bargaine is a pick-purse.

A good bargaine is a pick-purse.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Waight and measure take away strife.

Waight and measure take away strife.