Fortune favours the bold.

Fortune favours the bold.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

The act is judged of by the event.

The act is judged of by the event.

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.