Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

The accursed hunger for gold.

The accursed hunger for gold.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Don't long for the unripe grape.