I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]

You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]

The way is an ill neighbour.

The way is an ill neighbour.

Two ill meales make the third a glutton.

Two ill meales make the third a glutton.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.