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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]