A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.

When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

Great paines quickly find ease.

Great paines quickly find ease.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

There are many waies to fame.

There are many waies to fame.

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?