Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.