Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

Let all live as they would die.

Let all live as they would die.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.