Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]

Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.