Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Drought never brought dearth.

Drought never brought dearth.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.