With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.