Honesty is the best Policy.
Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the Shade!
Hear Reason, or she’ll make you feel her.
He’s a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir.
He’s a Fool that cannot conceal his Wisdom.
He that’s secure is not safe.
He that would live in peace and at ease, Must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.
He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her.
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.