A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]

A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.