Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

A master of straw eates a servant of steele.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

Poverty is the mother of health.

Poverty is the mother of health.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.