The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.

The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.