Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.