Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more

We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?

There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more

There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

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

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