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Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
