They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.

He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]

Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]

Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.