But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more

But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.

Hard cases make bad law.

Hard cases make bad law.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

Performed to a T.

Performed to a T.

To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more

To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]

Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.