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The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.