The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great fortune is a great slavery.