As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
As in water face (answereth) to face, so the heart of man to man. The same face which you show to the water, it reflects back to you: smile on it, it will smile on you; frown on it, it will frown on you: so as your heart (exhibited by manner, word, and deed) is to another, his heart is toward you: if your heart be kind, his is kind, and conversely, Thus your heart is a kind of mirror of your neighbour's: you can judge of his by your own; because your feeling betraying itself by word and manner, cannot fail to produce similar feelings in him.