Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.

He is a Jack of all trades.

He is a Jack of all trades.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

Threatened folk live long.

Threatened folk live long.