Tal l'aspro saettare, e tanto dura, Che per l'ombra de' dardi il ciel s'oscura. - Francesco Berni

Che guardar dee ciascun d'esser ben netto,
Prima ch' altri riprenda di difetto.

A certain proverb, that the whole world knows,
Says that loss also steals away our senses,
And that the man thus robbed, like madman goes
About, and right and left the blame dispenses.

Ere now a simple tiller of the soil
Hath spoken words of wisdom to mankind;
A cloak all tattered and besmirched with toil
Hath ofttimes clothed a man of prudent mind.