As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.