Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.

As many men, so many opinions.

As many men, so many opinions.

Good words quench more then a bucket of water.

Good words quench more then a bucket of water.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]