When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.

He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.