Every great house is full of saucy servants.

Every great house is full of saucy servants.

Too much of anything is bad.

Too much of anything is bad.

An injury may prove a blessing.

An injury may prove a blessing.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.

Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.