Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Debters are lyers.

Debters are lyers.

The deafe gaines the injury.

The deafe gaines the injury.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.

Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.