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.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.

By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Handsome is that handsome does.

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

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.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Hyt is not al golde that glareth.

Hyt is not al golde that glareth.