Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.

Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]