Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink; So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Of two evils I have chose the least.