A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.

An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!