The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]

A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.