Favour will as surely perish as life.

Favour will as surely perish as life.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.

Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.