Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

There is no retracing our steps.

There is no retracing our steps.

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more

Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!

With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.