In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.

We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.

Words pay no debts.

Words pay no debts.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.