If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]

Falsehoods border on truths.

Falsehoods border on truths.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.

Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.