Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.

Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.

Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.

Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.

The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.

The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.