Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.
An ugly woman in a rich habit set out with jewels nothing can become.
She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
Prodigious actions may as well be done, by weaver's issue, as the prince's son.