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It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.