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God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.