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Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
