Zeal Should Not Outrun Discretion.

What A Splendid Head, Yet No Brain.

Every Man Carries Two Bags About Him, One In Front And One Behind, And Both Are Full Of Faults. The Bag In Front Contains His Neighbors' Faults, The One Behind His Own. Hence It Is That Men Do Not See Their Own Faults, But Never Fail To See Those Of Others.

The Fly Sat Upon The Axel-tree Of The Chariot-wheel And Said, 'what A Dust Do I Raise!'

Clumsy Jesting Is No Joke.

If We Really Want Something Done, It Is Best To Do It Ourselves.