Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.

A trade is better then service.

A trade is better then service.

Hast comes not alone.

Hast comes not alone.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.

The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.