God keep me from false friends!

God keep me from false friends!

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those read more

The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.