Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

He that contemplates hath a day without night.

He that contemplates hath a day without night.

To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.

God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.