Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.

To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

A mouse relies not solely on one hole.

A mouse relies not solely on one hole.