Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.

A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.