A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow

No man sees his shadow who faces the sun

The shadow should be the same length as the body

From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller

Someone will have to weed and spread
The young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hour
When shadow falls across their bed.
You should try to look at them every day
Because when they come to full flower
I will be away.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you,Seem to fly it, it will pursue.So court a mistress, she denies you;Let her alone, she will court you.Say, are not women truly, thenStyled but the shadows of us men?