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Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.