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Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?