Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

One swallow does not make spring.

One swallow does not make spring.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]

What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]

And what love can do, that does love attempt.

And what love can do, that does love attempt.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.