Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Nothing secure unlesse suspected.

Nothing secure unlesse suspected.

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.

A drunkards purse is a bottle.

A drunkards purse is a bottle.