Princes that would their people should do well
Must at themselves begin, as at the head;
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Princes that would their people should do well
Must at themselves begin, as at the head;
For men, by their example, pattern out
Their limitations, and regard of laws:
A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Hee that is a master must serve (another).

Hee that is a master must serve (another).

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.

Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

A pittifull mother makes a scald head.

A pittifull mother makes a scald head.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.