When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.

When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.

Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.

One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.