I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Councell breakes not the head.

Councell breakes not the head.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.

The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.

The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.