Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

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.

To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.

To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.