The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

Little wealth, little care.

Little wealth, little care.

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

In every Art it is good to have a master.

In every Art it is good to have a master.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.