Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.

Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

The more thou stir it the worse it will be.

The more thou stir it the worse it will be.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.