It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst read more

Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.

How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!