There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.

If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

But few prize honour more than money.

But few prize honour more than money.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.