Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

You needn't remind me of that.

You needn't remind me of that.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.

The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.

Trust the rest to the gods.

Trust the rest to the gods.

Praise a hill, but keepe below.

Praise a hill, but keepe below.