In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.

Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.

There is no retracing our steps.

There is no retracing our steps.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.