DELAYS.
Fortune is like the market; many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall ; and, again, it is sometimes like Sibylla's offer, which at first offereth the commodity at full, then consumeth part and part, and still holdeth up the price ; for occasion (as it is in the common verse) turneth a bald noddle after she hath presented her locks in front, no hold taken ; br~at least turneth the handle of ' the bottle firsi to be received, and afterj the belly, which is hard to clasp. There is surely no greater wisdom than well td time the beginnings an,d onsets of all things. Dangers are W6 ! more light, if they once seem light ; and. more dangers have deceived men than forced them ; nay, it were better to meet some dangers fyalf-way, though they come nothing near, jha'n to keep too long* a watch upon their approaches ; for if ,a man watch too long 1 ,. • it is odds he will fall fast, asleep. ' ~ , r— •
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9195, 24 September 1891, Page 4
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167DELAYS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9195, 24 September 1891, Page 4
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