The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

He who injures one man threatens many.

He who injures one man threatens many.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy.

The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.