A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

He that hath lands hath quarrells.

He that hath lands hath quarrells.

We have to thank God for this retirement.

We have to thank God for this retirement.

None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.

None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.

Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.