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Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
 An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
 [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]  
 An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
 [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.] 
 To have done, is to hang
 Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
  In monumental mockery.  
 To have done, is to hang
 Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
  In monumental mockery. 
An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.
An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
 Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
   - Clement Walker,  
 Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
   - Clement Walker, 
 Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with 
thoughts.  
 Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with 
thoughts.