There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more

While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.

One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.

One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.

Emptie vessels sound most.

Emptie vessels sound most.

Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more

Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.

There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more

There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

From his silence a man's consent is inferred.

From his silence a man's consent is inferred.