You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.

Vertue never growes old.

Vertue never growes old.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

Long jesting was never good.

Long jesting was never good.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.