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Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
