It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!

O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]