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The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
