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Gloomy as night he stands.
Gloomy as night he stands.
Think not I am what I appear.
Think not I am what I appear.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, read more
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward,
but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - read more
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, read more
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.
There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.
There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.
Style is the image of character.
Style is the image of character.
Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.
Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to read more
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.