Conversation makes one what he is.

Conversation makes one what he is.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Man Proposeth, God disposeth.

Man Proposeth, God disposeth.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Better be a foole then a knave.

Better be a foole then a knave.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.