Stir not dying embers.

Stir not dying embers.

In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.

In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.

Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Every man has his price.

Every man has his price.

One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.

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

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