Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ What are we the better for the Faculty of Reason, without the Exercise of it. If the Cook would but have been at the Trouble of Carrying a Candle with him, he would have been in No Danger of taking a Swan for a Goose. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ We fall into some Inconveniencies out of Pure Lazyness, and for want of taking pains to Enform our selves Better: Into Others, out of Rashness; by doing Things in a Hurry, and Hand over Head at a Venture. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ There's a Providence Attends Innocency and Virtue, the Power of Musique apart, 'Tis a Rule that goes a Great Way in the Government of a Sober Man's Life, not to put any thing to Hazard that may be Secur'd by Industry, Considceation, or Circumspection. And this Caution reaches to a Thousand Cases in the Ordinary Course of Life. Men should Look before they Leap ”
