I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.