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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead; And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head Fell carelessly behind.

Fare ye well, and give us your applause.

Charity begins at home.

You are harping on the same string.

You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.

We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves.

No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.

From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.

I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must yield to them.

How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.

The nets not stretched to catch the hawk, Or kite, who do us wrong; but laid for those Who do us none at all.

I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

Give place to your betters.

Knavery's now its own reward.

Give place to your betters.

There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.

I go back to those who say: what if the heavens fall?

All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected.

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.