Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Deception follows on the heels of deception.

Deception follows on the heels of deception.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.