The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.

He who injures one man threatens many.

He who injures one man threatens many.

Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.

Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.