Better be a foole then a knave.

Better be a foole then a knave.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties read more

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.

A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.

A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.

Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.