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A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.
