Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the read more

Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.

Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious read more

Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.

Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
[Lat., O caeca nocentum read more

Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
[Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!
O semper timidum scelus!]

All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.

All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a read more

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.