Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

Every man's friend is no man's friend.

One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]

One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.