Favour will as surely perish as life.

Favour will as surely perish as life.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.