I am sure care's an enemy to life.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

Hit the nail on the head.

Hit the nail on the head.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.