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Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
