So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

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.

Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more

Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.