No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]

No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Trust the rest to the gods.

Trust the rest to the gods.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.