What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.

Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.