Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.

He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]