Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything read more

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.