Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.

The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.