A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.

A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.

In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.

In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.