Little losses amaze, great tame.

Little losses amaze, great tame.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.