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Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
