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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
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.]
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
