He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.

Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.