An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.