The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

Empty Chambers make foolish maides.

Empty Chambers make foolish maides.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.

I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.

Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
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Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.