God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.

Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.

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.