Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.