The soule needs few things, the body many.

The soule needs few things, the body many.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more

It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.