Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more

As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.