Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]

A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.

A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.