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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.