Fooles give to please all but their owne.

Fooles give to please all but their owne.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.

Out of mind, when out of view.

Out of mind, when out of view.

If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.