Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]

Content is more than a kingdom.

Content is more than a kingdom.

Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

He that blames would buy.

He that blames would buy.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.