A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

A man that is warned is half armed.

A man that is warned is half armed.

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

Even a child is known by his doings.

Even a child is known by his doings.