Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

A disarmed peace is weake.

A disarmed peace is weake.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.