He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]

A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

Still harping on my daughter.

Still harping on my daughter.

One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.

One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.