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A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.

Best fishing in troubled waters.

Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing; Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing.

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any.

The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.