Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

The resolved minde hath no cares.

The resolved minde hath no cares.