I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.

With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

The abuse of cabmen in a block.

The abuse of cabmen in a block.

If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.

If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.