With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Three can hold their peace, if two be away.

Three can hold their peace, if two be away.

Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.

Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.

When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.

Whistle, and she'll come to you.

Whistle, and she'll come to you.