Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

None saies his Garner is full.

None saies his Garner is full.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.