Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

Hit the nail on the head.

Hit the nail on the head.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.