Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.

The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.

Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.