How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

The back-doore robs the house.

The back-doore robs the house.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

Wine unlocks the breast.

Wine unlocks the breast.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.