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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
