Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more

You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.

Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

The life of man is a winter way.

The life of man is a winter way.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.