O how full of briars is this working-day world.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

The Court hath no Almanack.

The Court hath no Almanack.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.