The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
The man is either crazy or he is a poet.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.
Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.