The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.