Opportunity is the great Bawd.Be careful about ambition, it can lead you astray (remember that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence).
Reginald Poe Carelock
Opportunity is the great Bawd.Be careful about ambition, it can lead you astray (remember that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence).
It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.Causing harm to another is much worse than being harmed yourself.
Ever since Follies have pleas’d, Fools have been able to divert.Don’t let fun keep you from accomplishments.
Tim moderate fare and abstinence much prizes, In publick, but in private gormandizes.You are not fooling anybody if you diet in public and gorge in private, you are still going to be fat.
Deny Self for Self’s sake.The best thing you can do for yourself is to put ego aside.
A man is never so ridiculous by those Qualities that are his own as by those that he affects to have.Phonies are obvious, be yourself.
Great wits jump (says the Poet) and hit his Head against the Post.You are never as funny, witty, or as smart as you think you are.
There’s small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged.Harsh words will accomplish little other than cause more trouble.
A Lie stands on 1 leg, Truth on 2.Lies are always shaky and the truth is sturdy.
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things.The more you have the more you want.
Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.A secret is only a secret if you are the only one who knows it.
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred.Learning (or the lack thereof) do not determine wisdom.
Sloth and Silence are a Fool’s Virtues.Being lazy does not go unnoticed.
What’s given shines, What’s receiv’d is rusty.It is better to give than receive.
The King’s cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, ’tis made of the peoples milk.Government is wasteful; they take a lot but give back less.
Keep thy shop, & thy shop will keep thee.Take care of business.
Humility makes great men twice honourable.Being great is good, being humble is greater still.
“You cannot tell a Smart/Genius person anything, because they already know the answer.”You can be so Smart or such a Genius, that it actually ‘Limits’ you!
Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.Success is sweet!
The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.Don’t take the easy path as it will often be more harmful than a more difficult one.
Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.Too much of a good thing can be as destructive as disease.
Be slow in chusing a Friend, slower in changing.Take your time in choosing the right people to include in your life but once you are certain of their friendship then be loyal.
When *** and *** in *** lie, Then, Maids, whate’er is ask’d of you, deny.Be careful that what you agree to is right.
Weighty Questions ask for deliberate Answers.Take your time answering important questions.
There’s many witty men whose brains can’t fill their bellies.Book knowledge will not necessarily translate into common sense and success.
If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.Pride will eventually lead to poverty.
Necessity never made a good bargain.It is hard to make a good deal out of desperation.
The Family of Fools is ancient.Stupid has been with us forever.
He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived.Stay with what you know.
The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.The poor have to work harder for everything, including a meal.
*** Dyrro lynn y ddoeth e fydd ddoethach. [Welsh: Who gives drink to the wise, he is wiser.]You are smarter than a wise man if you are sober.