In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

God provides for him that trusteth.

God provides for him that trusteth.

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.