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Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.