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In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.