Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

One foole makes a hundred.

One foole makes a hundred.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?

Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.