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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.