Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

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 every country dogges bite.

In every country dogges bite.

There is no evil without its compensation.

There is no evil without its compensation.