Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.

While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.

Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.

Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.