Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.

For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

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

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

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]