The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

Turn about is fair play.

Turn about is fair play.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.

Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

But few prize honour more than money.

But few prize honour more than money.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.