I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]

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.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

Facts are stubborn things.

Facts are stubborn things.