Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

No one can keep a mask on long.

No one can keep a mask on long.

Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more

Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.

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.