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A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.