He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

In spending lies the advantage.

In spending lies the advantage.

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Long jesting was never good.

Long jesting was never good.