An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.

He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.

Better do nothing than do ill.

Better do nothing than do ill.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.