He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Let him fry in his own grease.

Let him fry in his own grease.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

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?

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.