Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.

When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.