Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Mills and wives ever want.

Mills and wives ever want.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.

God save the mark!

God save the mark!