Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

The resolved minde hath no cares.

The resolved minde hath no cares.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more

He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]