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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
