Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.

If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.