But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.
Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.