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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.