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The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.