Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

It is good to be taught even by an enemy.

It is good to be taught even by an enemy.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.