Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.

Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.

Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.

Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.

Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]

The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]