Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]

Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

A novice always behaves with propriety.

A novice always behaves with propriety.