But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time
Give the devil his due.
Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.