I Bend But Do Not Break.

Foxes Are All Tail, And Women All Tongue.

Anyone Entrusted With Power Will Abuse It If Not Also Animated With The Love Of Truth And Virtue, No Matter Whether He Be A Prince, Or One Of The People.

Neither Blows From Pitchfork, Nor From The Lash, Can Make Him Change His Ways. [fr., Coups De Fourches Ni D'etriveres, Ne Lui Font Changer De Manieres.]

But The Shortest Works Are Always The Best.

Be Advised That All Flatterers Live At The Expense Of Those Who Listen To Them.