Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.

Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.

What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.

What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.

Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

Time is the Rider that breakes youth.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.