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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
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.]
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.