The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.

Many have an irresistible itch for writing.

Many have an irresistible itch for writing.

If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.