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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.