Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.