Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.

He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.