Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.

Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.