Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

The far-off interest of tears.

The far-off interest of tears.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.

The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.