Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?

Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.