Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

It's good tying the sack before it be full.

It's good tying the sack before it be full.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.