Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

He assigned it to regions more than tropical.

He assigned it to regions more than tropical.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

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.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.