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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.