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He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.