Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

It's an ill councell that hath no escape.

It's an ill councell that hath no escape.

A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.