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Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.