They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no more essential permanence as a final expression of the human mind, than the Scottish Longer Catechism.
To buy deare is not bounty.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.