He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.

What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

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.]

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

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

That which sufficeth is not little.

That which sufficeth is not little.