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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
