Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.

He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.

Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.

Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.

Hee that lives well is learned enough.

Hee that lives well is learned enough.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.

Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.