Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.

Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.

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.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.