Nothing is achieved without toil.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

An ill deede cannot bring honour.

An ill deede cannot bring honour.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.

A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.