Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

All that shakes falles not.

All that shakes falles not.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

Mills and wives ever want.

Mills and wives ever want.