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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.]
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
