Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

What you don't know can't hurt you.

What you don't know can't hurt you.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.

The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.