Talkers are no good doers.

Talkers are no good doers.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

Of such importance is early training.

Of such importance is early training.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.

The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.