In my integrity I'll wrap me up.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.

What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!

You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.