There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

You needn't remind me of that.

You needn't remind me of that.

To hear is to heed.

To hear is to heed.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.

If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.