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Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.