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The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
