If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]

To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]

All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

A Lyons skin is never cheape.

A Lyons skin is never cheape.

Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.

A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.