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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.