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The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.