Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

The back-doore robs the house.

The back-doore robs the house.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

In every Art it is good to have a master.

In every Art it is good to have a master.

Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more

Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.