The great would have none great and the little all little.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]

Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.