Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

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.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

A greater liar than the Parthians.

A greater liar than the Parthians.

No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]

No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.