The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.

He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

They that know one another salute a farre off.

They that know one another salute a farre off.

Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.

Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.