Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.

But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.