How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.

He that burnes most shines most.

He that burnes most shines most.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.

Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.

Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.

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.