A Wise Man Should Never Resolve Upon

More Solid Things Do Not Show The Complexion Of The Times So Well As Ballads And Libels.

Pride May Be Allowed To This Or That Degree, Else A Man Cannot Keep Up Dignity. In Gluttony There Must Be Eating, In Drunkenness There Must Be Drinking; 'tis Not The Eating, And 'tis Not The Drinking That Must Be Blamed, But The Excess. So In Pride.

Religion Is Like The Fashion, One Man Wears His Doublet Slashed, Another Lashed, Another Plain; But Every Man Has A Doublet; So Every Man Has A Religion. We Differ About The Trimming.

Wit And Wisdom Differ; Wit Is Upon The Sudden Turn, Wisdom Is Bringing About Ends.

Men Say They Are Of The Same Religion, For Quietness' Sake; But If The Matter Were Well Examined, You Would Scarce Find Three Anywhere Of The Same Religion On All Points.