Manie things are lost for want of asking.

Manie things are lost for want of asking.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

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.]

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.

The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more

The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.

Citties are taken by the eares.

Citties are taken by the eares.