The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]

Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.

Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.