Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.

While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.

How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?

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.

The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.

The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.

Good service is a great inchantment.

Good service is a great inchantment.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.

Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.

Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.

Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]

Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]