Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
With all thy sober charms possest, Whose wishes never learnt to stray.
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion. - William Makepeace Thackeray,
Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]
Blind zeal can only do harm.