Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.