Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
 Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
 But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
 For the apparel oft proclaims the man,

 And they in France of the best rank and station
 Are of a most select and generous chief in that.

 Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
 For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

 And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
 This above all: to thine ownself be true,