Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Weening is not measure.

Weening is not measure.

One enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.