All soils are not fertile.

All soils are not fertile.

Good horses make short miles.

Good horses make short miles.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto read more

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Let the worst come to the worst.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
read more

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.