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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and read more
I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the read more
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.
Action makes more fortune than caution
Action makes more fortune than caution
Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage
Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage