Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.

The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.