Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.

Good is god, but better carries it.

Good is god, but better carries it.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

He that marries late, marries ill.

He that marries late, marries ill.