Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.

Bear with evil, and expect good.

Bear with evil, and expect good.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

Promising is the eve of giving.

Promising is the eve of giving.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?