The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.