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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
