Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.

It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.