Prettiness dies first.

Prettiness dies first.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Neither cast your pearls before swine.

Neither cast your pearls before swine.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Not seldom clad in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,
Not seldom evening in the west
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Not seldom clad in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,
Not seldom evening in the west
Sinks smilingly forsworn.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.