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.
“A diamond placed on an anvil, with a hammer looming over it.” – 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.