What mare's nest hast thou found?

What mare's nest hast thou found?

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.

If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.

Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.