'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

The way to good conduct is never too late.

The way to good conduct is never too late.

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.

It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.