In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.

Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

He comes not in my books.

He comes not in my books.

A Horse made, and a man to make.

A Horse made, and a man to make.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

Idleness induces caprice.

Idleness induces caprice.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.