Omittance is no quittance.

Omittance is no quittance.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.

Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus read more

Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus
exercuit.]