Schiller.
329.
Hath any wronged thee, be bravely revenged. Slight it, and the work’s begun; forgive it, and ’tis finished. He is below himself that is not above an injury.
Quarles.
330.
As gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity.
Metastasio.
331.
The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.
Richter.