Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.

May everything he treads upon become a rose!

May everything he treads upon become a rose!

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

He that feares death lives not.

He that feares death lives not.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

A man of three letters, " F U R."

A man of three letters, " F U R."

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.