If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

War should neither be feared nor provoked.

War should neither be feared nor provoked.

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Let the dead bury their dead.

Let the dead bury their dead.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Faire language grates not the tongue.