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Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
He that hath the grace of God, hath wealth enough.
He that hath the grace of God, hath wealth enough.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.