Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.

Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.