Do nothing twice over.

Do nothing twice over.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

Here's metal more attractive.

Here's metal more attractive.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Reticence is a great gift.

Reticence is a great gift.