Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

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.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.