The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

There's always a shot in the locker.

There's always a shot in the locker.

Jest not in earnest.

Jest not in earnest.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more

Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.