Integrity is praised and starves.

Integrity is praised and starves.

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more

There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.