Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Noble houskeepers neede no dores.

Noble houskeepers neede no dores.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.

It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.