To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

We make allowance for necessity.

We make allowance for necessity.

Omittance is no quittance.

Omittance is no quittance.

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

The great would have none great and the little all little.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.