Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

Pleasure bought with pain does harm.

Pleasure bought with pain does harm.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

No man is born without faults.

No man is born without faults.

Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more

Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.