I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

There is no retracing our steps.

There is no retracing our steps.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

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.