Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
Anne Bradstreet
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
Anne Bradstreet
Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.
Anne Bradstreet
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
Anne Bradstreet
The principal might yield a greater sum,
Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;