He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more

'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?

The best bred have the best portion.

The best bred have the best portion.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.

Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.

Ships feare fire more then water.

Ships feare fire more then water.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.