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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
