Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.

Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.