It is best to know the worst at once.

It is best to know the worst at once.

Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.

Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.

Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.

Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

A faire death honours the whole life.

A faire death honours the whole life.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.