A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Strict law is often great injustice.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

Consider the end.

Consider the end.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.

He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.