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There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.