Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

An old dog barks not in vain.

An old dog barks not in vain.

Stolen kisses are always sweeter.

Stolen kisses are always sweeter.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more

Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.