Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

There is more talke then trouble.

There is more talke then trouble.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.

The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.