The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.

Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.