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For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.