A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

The whole family is packed into one trap.

The whole family is packed into one trap.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.