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Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
 The bird that hath been limed in a bush
 With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.  
 The bird that hath been limed in a bush
 With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush. 
 Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the 
disease by delay has increased in strength.  
 Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the 
disease by delay has increased in strength. 
 You began better than you have finished; the last act is not 
equal to the first.  
 You began better than you have finished; the last act is not 
equal to the first. 
 For the air of youth,
 Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
  A melancholy damp of read more 
 For the air of youth,
 Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
  A melancholy damp of cold and dry
   To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
    The balm of life. 
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.