Smell a rat.

Smell a rat.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.

Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.