“Fatuus in risu exaltat vocem suam : vir autem sapiens vix tacite ridebit.”
“A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.”
“A foolish man peepeth in from the door of another man’s house; But a man that is instructed will stand without.”
Low. A smiling countenance is commendable, but loud laughter is to be avoided. (Clement, Pæd. ii. 5.) — It causes too great a change, (Plato, Rep. 3.) and is a mark of folly, Ecclesiastes vii. 5. (St. Augustine, contra Acad. ii. 2.)