Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

One foote is better then two crutches.

One foote is better then two crutches.

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?

Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.

Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.

In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.

In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.