As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.

The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Like people, like priest.

Like people, like priest.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.