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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
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.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.