This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Everyone is a master and servant.

Everyone is a master and servant.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.

Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.