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Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]