Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.

Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

The weakest goes to the wall.

The weakest goes to the wall.

That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.

That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.