It Is Wretched Business To Be Digging

Your Tittle-tattlers, And Those Who Listen To Slander, By My Good Will Should All Be Hanged - The Former By Their Tongues, The Latter By The Ears.

It Does Not Matter A Feather Whether A Man Be Supported By Patron Or Client, If He Himself Wants Courage. [lat., Animus Tamen Omnia Vincit. Ille Etiam Vires Corpus Habere Facit.]

He Who Seeks For Gain, Must Be At Some Expense.

The Bell Never Rings Of Itself; Unless Some One Handles Or Moves It It Is Dumb.

No Man Has Perpetual Good Fortune. [lat., Nulli Est Homini Perpetuum Bonum.]