In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.

In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

It's not good fishing before the net.

It's not good fishing before the net.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
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There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.