Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.

He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.

Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.