A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.
A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.
To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles.
There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.