Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.

One hand washeth another, and both the face.

One hand washeth another, and both the face.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]