Simple is the language of truth.

Simple is the language of truth.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.

He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]