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So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to read more
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]