Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Good horses make short miles.

Good horses make short miles.

The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.

The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.