He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

All soils are not fertile.

All soils are not fertile.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.