Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.

Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

For a morning raine leave not your journey.

For a morning raine leave not your journey.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]

Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]