Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.