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To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.