A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

In spending lies the advantage.

In spending lies the advantage.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Strict law is often great injustice.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.