When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.

The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.

If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.