Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

He that lends, gives.

He that lends, gives.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.