Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.

"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.

When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

From the egg to the apple.

What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth?

The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.