Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.

Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

A countenance inconceivably forbidding.

A countenance inconceivably forbidding.