It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.
Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .
I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.