The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.

The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Gaming gains a loss.

Gaming gains a loss.

Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.

Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.

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.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.