The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

The rose is often found near the nettle.

The rose is often found near the nettle.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more

To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.

Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec read more

Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis
elui potest.]

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.