Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

All keyes hang not on one girdle.

All keyes hang not on one girdle.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.