A traveler must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth of a hog to eat what is set before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing.
– Thomas Nashe
Beauty is but a flower which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air.
– Thomas Nashe
Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.