Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.

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.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.

Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.

Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?