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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
