The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]

The eye will have his part.

The eye will have his part.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

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

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