In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.