Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.

It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]

Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.

The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.