Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]

Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.