Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Coming events cast their shadows before.