Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.
Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue.
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.
The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.