For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is read more

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.

Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.