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For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.