Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]
I'm what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou art any one of the multitude may be.
One genius has made many clever artists.
I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.
I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.
It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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