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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.