How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.

The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.

The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.

For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.

For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.