The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

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.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

The weakest goes to the wall.

The weakest goes to the wall.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.