One swallow does not make spring.

One swallow does not make spring.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.

Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.