To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

Not even the gods can withstand necessity.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.