A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

In doing we learne.

In doing we learne.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.