Inquisitiveness Is An Uncomely Guest.

With A Tale, Forsooth, He Cometh Unto You; With A Tale Which Holdeth Children From Play, And Old Men From The Chimney Corner.

Self-love Is Better Than Any Gilding To Make That Seem Gorgeous Wherein Ourselves Be Parties.

Provision Is The Foundation Of Hospitality, And Thrift The Fuel Of Magnificence.

The Many-headed Multitude, Whom Inconstancy Only Doth By Accident Guide To Well-doing! Who Can Set Confidence There, Where Company Takes Away Shame, And Each May Lay The Fault Upon His Fellow?

It Is No Less Vain To Wish Death Than It Is Cowardly To Fear It.