Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as read more

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.

Trees eate but once.

Trees eate but once.

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]

We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.