"The best mirror is an old friend."
"He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne. [He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.]"
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Source: George Herbert, Izaak Walton (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.266, London, Pickering
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