The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.

A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.