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For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]