What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.

What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.

'Tis neither here nor there.

'Tis neither here nor there.