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He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.