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Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
