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In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
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.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.