Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

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.]

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.