Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Here is a fine field for talent.

Here is a fine field for talent.

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.

He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.