Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Let him fry in his own grease.

Let him fry in his own grease.

He that studies his content, wants it.

He that studies his content, wants it.

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.

Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.