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.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

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

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.

As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the read more

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of
despising glory.

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.]

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.