Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.