You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.

If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.