Modesty should accompany youth.

Modesty should accompany youth.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

As many men, so many opinions.

As many men, so many opinions.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

A wilful man maun hae his way.

A wilful man maun hae his way.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.