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What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.