Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.

It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.

It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

The faulty stands on his guard.

The faulty stands on his guard.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.