With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

Truth and oyle are ever above.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.