I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

The first dish pleaseth all.

The first dish pleaseth all.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.

It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.