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 The style is the man.
 [Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]  
 The style is the man.
 [Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.] 
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
 To live with them is far less sweet,
 Than to remember thee!  
 To live with them is far less sweet,
 Than to remember thee! 
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
 Where it concerns himself,
 Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.  
 Where it concerns himself,
 Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.