Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

Dally not with mony or women.

Dally not with mony or women.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.