Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.

Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.

A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.