God comes to see without a bell.

God comes to see without a bell.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.

The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

A bitter drug oft brings relief.

A bitter drug oft brings relief.

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.