Don't shit on your own doorstep.

Don't shit on your own doorstep.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.