Do not expect good from another's death.

Do not expect good from another's death.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

Deception follows on the heels of deception.

Deception follows on the heels of deception.

Avoid excess.

Avoid excess.

As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.

As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.