Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

Good horses make short miles.

Good horses make short miles.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.