In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.