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Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
