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There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.