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.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.