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Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
 Know, prudent cautious self-control
 Is wisdom's root.  
 Know, prudent cautious self-control
 Is wisdom's root. 
 If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be 
insulted.  
 If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be 
insulted. 
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
 It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of 
others.  
 It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of 
others. 
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.