No creature smarts so little as a fool.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

That least pleases us which is most urged on us.

That least pleases us which is most urged on us.