Coming events cast their shadows before.

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.

Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

Prayers and provender hinder no journey.

Prayers and provender hinder no journey.

If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.

If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.