Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

A white wall is the paper of a foole.

A white wall is the paper of a foole.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.

What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.

What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

We are not born for ourselves alone.