I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

A wounded spirit who can bear?

A wounded spirit who can bear?

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

Good things soon find a purchaser.