Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.

Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

Dogs are fine in the field.

Dogs are fine in the field.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.