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A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
