A living dog is better than a dead lion.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.

By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

The wife is the key of the house.

The wife is the key of the house.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.