Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

The shadow of a mighty name.

The shadow of a mighty name.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.