For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

He is not poor who has a competency.

He is not poor who has a competency.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.