The slothful is the servant of the counters.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

Reticence is a great gift.

Reticence is a great gift.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Strict law is often great injustice.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.