A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.

Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.