Se non arde non si piega
If it doesn’t burn it doesn’t bend.
“X” – Jakob Bosch aka Boschius, Symbolographia sive de arte symbolica, 1702, class 1, emblem CII 102.
Sotto il ferro ma senza piaghe
Under the iron but without wounds.
“X.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, class 2, DCLVI 656.
Battuto più tanto più dura
The more it is beaten the harder it is.
“X” – Jakob Bosch aka Boschius, Symbolographia sive de arte symbolica, 1702, class 3, emblem CCCXVIII 318.
Tundor non frangor
I am beaten but I do not break.
“X.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, class 3, DCCCXXXVII 837.
Ferendo non feriendo
Carrying without hurting.
“X.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, class 1, CDXXXIII 433.