Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.

Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.

Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.