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Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.
Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.