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Precaution is better than cure.
[Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
Precaution is better than cure.
[Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.
Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men read more
Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men and women),
Be worse provided than a common archer?
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be
for a glorious read more
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be
for a glorious throne to his father's house.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
