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Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.