Of a compliment only a third is meant

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.