The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before read more

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.