The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.

What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.

We ne'er shall look upon his like again.

We ne'er shall look upon his like again.