Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

Cats, like men, are flatterers.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.