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Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
