Look before you ere you leap.

'Tis true no lover has that pow'r T' enforce a desperate amour, As he that has two strings t' his bow, And burns for love and money too.

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty

Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.