Do what you should, not what you may.

Do what you should, not what you may.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.

Give place to your superiors.

Give place to your superiors.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.