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What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
