Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

Greene wood makes a hott fire.

Greene wood makes a hott fire.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.

The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.