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Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.