Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Waight and measure take away strife.

Waight and measure take away strife.

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

New things are fair.

New things are fair.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Anything for a quiet life.

Anything for a quiet life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.