No lock will hold against the power of gold.

No lock will hold against the power of gold.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.