Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.

Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]

Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is easy to be wise after the event.