A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.