Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And read more

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]