Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.

How use doth breed a habit in a man!

How use doth breed a habit in a man!

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.