Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.