Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Anger manages everything badly.

Anger manages everything badly.

Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.

Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.