He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

The chiefe boxe of health is time.

The chiefe boxe of health is time.

At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.