Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.

The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]