Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.

Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.

No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]

No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

One mouth doth nothing without another.

One mouth doth nothing without another.

Jest not in earnest.

Jest not in earnest.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

Flies are busiest about leane horses.

Flies are busiest about leane horses.