Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Not seldom clad in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,
Not seldom evening in the west
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Not seldom clad in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,
Not seldom evening in the west
Sinks smilingly forsworn.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.

Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more

He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.