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.]

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

Whistle, and she'll come to you.

Whistle, and she'll come to you.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.