Undated list of adages: A-C

Art is gained by great labour and Industry
Take great Care and you’ll write a fair,
A covetous man is always, as he fancies, in want,
Add to our faith virtue, and to virtue Knowledge
A comely Countenance is a silent commendation,
A place of ill example may endanger a good man
A prudent man values contentment more than riches
A fair piece of writing is a speaking picture
All Gods Commandments are divinely pure
A mans manners commonly form his Fortune
A great liar is seldom believed though he speaks the truth
A virtuous minded youth, will ever love the truth
A prudent youth & wise, will not advice despise
All idle lazy boys, obstruct their parents Joys,
A man by conduct may, keep misery away,
A Girl who would excel, must mind her copy well
Bounty is commendable in some, but it ruins others
By delight & some Care, we come to write fair
By diligence and Industry we come to prefirment
Beauty without virtue is but a painted sepu^lchre
Be wise & beware, of blotting take care
By Idleness & play Youth squanders time away
Be wise betimes; shun darling crimes
Consider the shortness of Death^Life& certainly of Death
Competency with content is a great Happiness
Contentment makes a happy without fortune
Censure no Man, nor detract from any man
Contention and strife make uneasy our life