So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.

Reticence is a great gift.

Reticence is a great gift.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more

It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.