Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Do not expect good from another's death.

Do not expect good from another's death.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.

Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.

A man of three letters, " F U R."

A man of three letters, " F U R."

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.