Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, read more

Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears read more

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears it.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

The hearts letter is read in the eyes.

The hearts letter is read in the eyes.