People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.