Which of these two is the greater fool?

Which of these two is the greater fool?

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

The scalded head feares cold water.

The scalded head feares cold water.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Every ill man hath his ill day.

Every ill man hath his ill day.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]