Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.

New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.