For he by geometric scale

Could take the size of pots of ale.

Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 121.

Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale,

Where in nice balance truth with gold she weighs,

And solid pudding against empty praise.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Dunciad. Book i. Line 52.

With an auspicious and a dropping eye,

With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage,

In equal scale weighing delight and dole.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.