To a brave man every soil is his country.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.

A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.