When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
To the haranguers of the populace among the ancients, succeed among the moderns your writers of political pamphlets and news-papers, and your coffee-house talkers.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Better slip with foot than tongue.