Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

No one can have all he desires.

No one can have all he desires.

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.

It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.