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The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
 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. 
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
 The maxims of men reveal their characters.
 [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]  
 The maxims of men reveal their characters.
 [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] 
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
 Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
 In deepest consequence.  
 Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
 In deepest consequence. 
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!