There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.

Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.