Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

He that is once borne, once must dy.

He that is once borne, once must dy.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.

It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.