The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.

The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.

Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.