7. A hare is more subtle than a fox; for she makes more doubles than old Reynard.
8. ’Tis better to be a beggar than a Merchant; for all the world lies open to his traffic, and yet he pays no custom.
9. ’Tis more safe to be drunk with the hop than with the grape; for a man should be more inward with his Countryman than with a stranger.
10. It is better to buy honour than to deserve it; for what is far fetched and dear bought is good for Ladies.
11. A man deep in debt should be as deep in drink; for Bacchus cancels all manner of obligations.
12. Playhouses are more necessary in a well governed Commonwealth than public Schools; for men are better taught by example than precept.
13. It is better to feed on vulgar and gross meats, than on dainty and high dishes; for they that eat only partridge or quail, hath no other brood than woodcock or goose.
14. Taverns are more requisite in a City than Academies; for it is better the multitude were loving than learned.
15. A Tobacco shop and a Bawdy house are coincident; for smoke is not without fire.
16. An Almanack is a book more worthy to be studied than the history of the world; for a man to know himself is the most worthy knowledge, and there he hath twelve signs to know it by.