A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.

Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.

Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.