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

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

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.

A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Bear and forbear.

Bear and forbear.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.