We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

Heresie is the school of pride.

Heresie is the school of pride.

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.

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]

Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.

Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.

Their silence cries aloud.

Their silence cries aloud.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.