The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

Fire is next akin to smoke.

Fire is next akin to smoke.

At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.

At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

War should neither be feared nor provoked.

War should neither be feared nor provoked.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

Short boughs, long vintage.

Short boughs, long vintage.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]