Favour will as surely perish as life.

Favour will as surely perish as life.

The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.

The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

He that staies does the businesse.

He that staies does the businesse.

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.

Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]