All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.