A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

From his silence a man's consent is inferred.

From his silence a man's consent is inferred.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.