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Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.