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The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.]
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Truth and oyle are ever above. [Truth and oil are ever above.]
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Too much taking heede is losse. [Too much taking heed is loss.]
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
The most effective mirror is definitely an previous good friend.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
Better be a foole then a knave. [Better be a fool than a knave.]
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.