Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?

Much matter decocted into few words.

Much matter decocted into few words.

All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more

You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.