Short boughs, long vintage.

Short boughs, long vintage.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

He that goeth farre hath many encounters.

He that goeth farre hath many encounters.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.

He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.