Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

A word once spoken cannot be recalled.

A word once spoken cannot be recalled.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

An injury may prove a blessing.

An injury may prove a blessing.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.