I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

Every bees hony is sweet.

Every bees hony is sweet.

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.]

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.