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A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
