Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

The face, not the woman is the attraction.

The face, not the woman is the attraction.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.

The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.