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Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.