An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.