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No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.