Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.