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Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.