Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

He that makes his bed ill, lies there.

He that makes his bed ill, lies there.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.