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Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.