The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.

The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.

Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.