The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.

Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.

Love and dignity do not dwell together.

Love and dignity do not dwell together.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.

With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.

With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.