The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.