There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.