Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.

Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.

A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.

Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.

Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.