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 To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest 
bond of friendship.  
 To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest 
bond of friendship. 
 The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and 
the trees their leaves.  
 The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and 
the trees their leaves. 
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
 The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own 
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.  
 The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own 
conscience no guilty man is acquitted. 
 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
 And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
  Willing read more 
 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
 And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
  Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
   Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
    Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
     A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend. 
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
 No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a 
Chappell hard by.
 [No sooner read more 
 No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a 
Chappell hard by.
 [No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel 
hard by.]