The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]

The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.