Maxioms by William R. Alger
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is read more
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me read more
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me thy eye,--
Ah, how its wavelets drown one!
A blue eye is a true eye;
Mysterious is a dark one,
Which flashes like a spark-sun!
A black eye is the best one.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
