Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.

Men born only to eat.

Men born only to eat.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.