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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
