Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.