The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.