No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.

He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.