Our praises are our wages.

Our praises are our wages.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]

Folly growes without watering.

Folly growes without watering.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

If you must flie, flie well.

If you must flie, flie well.