The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.