A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Too much of anything is bad.

Too much of anything is bad.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

What! upon compulsion? No!

What! upon compulsion? No!

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Tasteful rather than expensive.