Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]

Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]

These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.

These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

A healer of others, himself diseased.

A healer of others, himself diseased.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.