Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.

The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]