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Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
