Strict law is often great injustice.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more

My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.