Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?

A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.

A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.

We know this to be all nonsense.

We know this to be all nonsense.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Smell a rat.

Smell a rat.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.