If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more

The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.